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1Commission Rule 4.2(d), 16 CFR 4.2(d). The 

comment must be accompanied by an explicit 

request for confidential treatment, including the 

factual and legal basis for the request, and must 

identify the specific portions of the comment to be 

withheld from the public record. The request will 

be granted or denied by the Commission’s General 

Counsel, consistent with applicable law and the 

public interest. See Commission Rule 4.9(c), 16 CFR 

4.9(c). 

1. Blue Lion Bancshares, Inc., Prairie 

Village, Kansas; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 99.95 

percent of the voting shares of Hartford 

State Bank, Hartford, Kansas. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 18, 2006. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E6–15638 Filed 9–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than October 19, 

2006. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Tracy Basinger, Director, 

Regional and Community Bank Group) 

101 Market Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105-1579: 

1. Cathay Financial Holding 

Company, Ltd., to acquire up to 9.99 

percent of the voting shares of First 

Financial Holding Co., Ltd., and 

Chinatrust Financial Holding Co., Ltd., 

all of Taipei, Taiwan, and thereby 

indirectly acquire voting shares of First 

Commercial Bank (U.S.A.), Alhambra, 

California, and Chinatrust Bank 

(U.S.A.), Torrance, California. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, September 19, 2006. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E6–15655 Filed 9–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission 

(‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The information collection 

requirements described below will be 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for review, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (‘‘PRA’’) (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The 

FTC is seeking public comments on its 

proposal to extend through May 31, 

2009 the current PRA clearance for 

information collection requirements 

contained in its Alternative Fuel Rule, 

16 CFR Part 309. That clearance expires 

on November 30, 2006. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

November 21, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments. 

Comments should refer to ‘‘Alternative 

Fuel Rule: FTC File No. R311002’’ to 

facilitate the organization of comments. 

A comment filed in paper form should 

include this reference both in the text 

and on the envelope and should be 

mailed or delivered, with two complete 

copies, to the following address: Federal 

Trade Commission, Room H 135 (Annex 

J), 600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20580. Because paper 

mail in the Washington area and at the 

Commission is subject to delay, please 

consider submitting your comments in 

electronic form, (in ASCII format, 

WordPerfect, or Microsoft Word) as part 

of or as an attachment to email messages 

directed to the following email box: 

paperworkcomment@ftc.gov. However, 

if the comment contains any material for 

which confidential treatment is 

requested, it must be filed in paper 

form, and the first page of the document 

must be clearly labeled ‘‘Confidential.’’1

The FTC Act and other laws the 

Commission administers permit the 

collection of public comments to 

consider and use in this proceeding as 

appropriate. All timely and responsive 

public comments will be considered by 

the Commission and will be available to 

the public on the FTC Web site, to the 

extent practicable, at http://www.ftc.gov. 

As a matter of discretion, the FTC makes 

every effort to remove home contact 

information for individuals from the 

public comments it receives before 

placing those comments on the FTC 

Web site. More information, including 

routine uses permitted by the Privacy 

Act, may be found in the FTC’s privacy 

policy at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/ 

privacy.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for copies of the collection of 

information and supporting 

documentation should be addressed to 

Hampton Newsome, Attorney, Division 

of Enforcement, Bureau of Consumer 

Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326–3228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’), 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520, federal agencies must 

obtain approval from OMB for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of information’’

means agency requests or requirements 

that members of the public submit 

reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. 44 U.S.C. 

3502(3); 5 CFR 1320.3(c). As required by 

section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the 

FTC is providing this opportunity for 

public comment before requesting that 

OMB extend the existing paperwork 

clearance for the regulations noted 

herein. 

The FTC invites comments on: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 


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2Label specifications were designed to produce 

labels to withstand the elements for several years. 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. All comments 

should be filed as prescribed in the 

ADDRESSES section above, and must be 

received on or before November 21, 

2006. 

The Alternative Fuel Rule (‘‘Rule’’), 

16 CFR Part 309, which implements the 

Energy Policy Act of 1992, Public Law 

102–486, requires disclosure of specific 

information on labels posted on fuel 

dispensers for non-liquid alternative 

fuels and on labels on Alternative 

Fueled Vehicles (AFVs). To ensure the 

accuracy of these disclosures, the Rule 

also requires that sellers maintain 

records substantiating product-specific 

disclosures they include on these labels. 

Burden Statement 

It is common practice for alternative 

fuel industry members to determine and 

monitor fuel ratings in the normal 

course of their business activities. This 

is because industry members must know 

and determine the fuel ratings of their 

products in order to monitor quality and 

to decide how to market them. 

‘‘Burden’’ for PRA purposes is defined 

to exclude effort that would be 

expended regardless of any regulatory 

requirement. 5 CFR 1320.2(b)(2). 

Moreover, as originally anticipated 

when the Rule was promulgated in 

1995, many of the information 

collection requirements and the 

originally-estimated hours were 

associated with one-time start up tasks 

of implementing standard systems and 

processes. 

Other factors also limit the burden 

associated with the Rule. Certification 

may be a one-time event or require only 

infrequent revision. Disclosures on 

electric vehicle fuel dispensing systems 

may be useable for several years.2

Nonetheless, there is still some burden 

associated with posting labels. There 

also will be some minimal burden 

associated with new or revised 

certification of fuel ratings and 

recordkeeping. The burden on vehicle 

manufacturers is limited because only 

newly-manufactured vehicles will 

require label posting and manufacturers 

produce very few new models each 

year. 

Estimated total annual hours burden: 

24,000 total burden hours, rounded to 

the nearest thousand. 

Non-Liquid Alternative Fuels 

Certification: Staff estimates that the 

Rule’s fuel rating certification 

requirements will affect approximately 

550 industry members (compressed 

natural gas producers and distributors 

and manufacturers of electric vehicle 

fuel dispensing systems) and consume 

approximately one hour each per year 

for a total of 550 hours. 

Recordkeeping: Staff estimates that all 

1,900 industry members (non-liquid fuel 

producers, distributers, and retailers) 

will be subject to the Rule’s 

recordkeeping requirements (associated 

with fuel rating certification) and that 

compliance will require approximately 

one-tenth hour each per year for a total 

of 190 hours. 

Labeling: Staff estimates that labeling 

requirements will affect approximately 

nine of every ten industry members (or 

roughly 1,700 members), but that the 

number of annually affected members is 

only 340 because labels may remain 

effective for several years (staff assumes 

that in any given year approximately 

20% of 1,700 industry members will 

need to replace their labels). Staff 

estimates that industry members require 

approximately one hour each per year 

for labeling their fuel dispensers for a 

total of 340 hours. 

Sub-total: 1,080 hours (550 + 190 + 340) 

AFV Manufacturers 

Recordkeeping: Staff estimates that all 

58 manufacturers will require 30 

minutes to comply with the Rule’s 

recordkeeping requirements for a total 

of 29 hours. 

Producing labels: Staff estimates 2.5 

hours as the average time required of 

manufacturers to produce labels for 

each of the five new AFV models 

introduced industry wide each year for 

a total of 12.5 hours. 

Posting labels: Staff estimates 2 

minutes as the average time to comply 

with the posting requirements for each 

of the approximately 680,000 new AFVs 

manufactured each year for a total of 

22,667 hours. 

Sub-total: Approximately 22,709 hours 

(29 + 12.5 + 22,667) 

Thus, the total burden for these 

industries combined is approximately 

24,000 hours (1,080 + 22,667), rounded 

to the nearest thousand. 

Estimated labor costs: $698,000, 

rounded to the nearest thousand. 

Labor costs are derived by applying 

appropriate hourly cost figures to the 

burden hours described above. 

According to Bureau of Labor Statistics 

staff, the average compensation for 

producers and distributors in the fuel 

industry is $19.34 per hour and $9.45 

per hour for service station employees; 

the average compensation for workers in 

the vehicle industry is $29.90 per hour. 

Non-Liquid Alternative Fuels 

Certification and labeling: Generally, 

all of the estimated hours except for 

recordkeeping will be performed by 

producers and distributors of fuels. 

Thus, the associated labor costs would 

be $17,212.60 ((550 certification hours + 

340 labeling hours) × $19.34). 

Recordkeeping: Only 1⁄6 of the total 

190 recordkeeping hours will be 

performed by the producers and 

distributors of fuels (1⁄6 of 190 hours = 

approximately 32 hours; 32 hours × 

$19.34 = $618.88); the other 5⁄6 is 

attributable to service station employees 

(5⁄6 of 190 hours = approximately 158 

hours; 158 hours × $9.45 = $1,493.10) 

Thus, the labor cost due to 

recordkeeping for the entire industry is 

approximately $2,111.98 ($618.88 for 

producers and distributors of fuels + 

$1,493.10 for service station employees) 

and the total paperwork related labor 

cost for the entire industry is 

approximately $19,324.58 ($17,212.60 

for certification and labeling costs + 

$2,111.98 for recordkeeping costs). 

AFV Manufacturers 

The maximum labor cost for the entire 

industry is approximately $678,999.10 

per year for recordkeeping and 

producing and posting labels (22,709 

total hours × $29.90/hour). 

Thus, the estimated total labor cost for 

both industries for all paperwork 

requirements is $698,000 ($19,324.58 + 

$678,999.10) per year, rounded to the 

nearest thousand. 

Estimated annual non-labor cost burden: 

$259,000 rounded. 

Non-Liquid Alternative Fuels 

Staff believes that there are no current 

start-up costs associated with the Rule, 

inasmuch as the Rule has been effective 

since 1995. Industry members, 

therefore, have in place the capital 

equipment and means necessary to 

determine automotive fuel ratings and 

comply with the Rule. Industry 

members, however, incur the cost of 

procuring fuel dispenser and AFV labels 

to comply with the Rule. The estimated 

annual fuel labeling cost, based on 

estimates of 540 fuel dispensers 

(assumptions: An estimated 20% of 

1,350 total fuel retailers need to replace 

labels in any given year given an 

approximate five-year life for labels— 

i.e., 270 retailers—multiplied by an 

average of two dispensers per retailer) at 

thirty-eight cents for each label (per 


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industry sources), is $205.00 ($0.38 × 

540). 

AFV Manufacturers 

Here, too, staff believes that there are 

no current start-up costs associated with 

the Rule, for the same reasons as stated 

immediately above regarding the nonliquid alternative fuel industry. 

However, based on the labeling of an 

estimated 680,000 new and used AFVs 

each year at thirty-eight cents for each 

label (per industry sources), the annual 

AFV labeling cost is estimated to be 

$258,400 ($0.38 × 680,000). 

Thus, estimated total annual nonlabor cost burden associated with the 

Rule is $259,000 ($205 + $258,400), 

rounded to the nearest thousand. 

William Blumenthal, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 06–8071 Filed 9–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Confidentiality, Privacy 

and Security Workgroup Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

third meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Confidentiality, 

Privacy and Security Workgroup in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 

U.S.C., App.) 

DATES: October 6, 2006, from 11 a.m. to 

2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090 (please 

bring photo ID for entry to a Federal 

building). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION CONTACT: 

The workgroup members will discuss 

outcomes from the testimony hearing 

held on September 29, 2006, regarding 

identify proofing and user 

authentication. 

The meeting will be available via Web 

cast at http://www.eventcenterlive.com/ 

cfmx/ec/login/loginl.cfm?BID=67. 

Dated: September 18, 2006. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 06–8069 Filed 9–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–24–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology; 

American Health Information 

Community Biosurveillance Data 

Steering Group Meeting 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

seventh meeting of the American Health 

Information Community Biosurveillance 

Data Steering Group in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.). 

DATES: October 3, 2006 from 2 p.m. to 

4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Mary C. Switzer Building 

(330 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20201), Conference Room 4090 (you 

will need a photo ID to enter a Federal 

building). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the 

meeting, the Workgroup will continue 

their discussion on the feasibility of 

filtering a Minimum Data Set. 

The meeting will be available via 

Internet access. Go to http:// 

www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic.html for 

additional information on the meeting. 

Dated: September 18, 2006. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Director, American Health Information 

Community, Office of Programs and 

Coordination, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 06–8070 Filed 9–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–24–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[30Day–06–0214] 

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork 

Reduction Act Review 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of 

information collection requests under 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 

requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance 

Officer at (404) 639–4794 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. Send written 

comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written 

comments should be received within 30 

days of this notice. 

Proposed Project 

National Health Interview Survey 

(NHIS) 2007–2009, (OMB No. 0920–

0214)—Revision—National Center for 

Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The annual National Health Interview 

Survey (NHIS) is a major source of 

general statistics on the health of the 

U.S. population and has been in the 

field continuously since 1957. This 

household-based survey collects 

demographic and health-related 

information on a nationally 

representative sample of persons and 

households throughout the country. 

Information is collected using computer 

assisted personal interviews (CAPI). A 

core set of data is collected annually 

and supplements are collected 

periodically. For 2007, supplementary 

information will be collected on 

complementary and alternative 

medicine and hearing problems. These 

supplements are sponsored by the 

National Center on Complementary and 

Alternative Medicine and the National 

Institute on Deafness and Other 

Communication Disorders, both parts of 

the National Institutes of Health. 

In accordance with the 1995 initiative 

to increase the integration of surveys 

within the Department of Health and 

Human Services, respondents to the 

NHIS serve as the sampling frame for 

the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 

conducted by the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality. The NHIS has 

long been used by government, 

university, and private researchers to 

evaluate both general health and 

specific issues, such as cancer, diabetes, 

and access to health care. It is a leading 

source of data for the Congressionallymandated ‘‘Health US’’ and related 

publications, as well as the single most 

important source of statistics to track 

progress toward the National Health 

Promotion and Disease Prevention 

Objectives, ‘‘Healthy People 2010.’’

There is no cost to the respondents 

other than their time. The total 

estimated annualized burden hours are 

38,271. 


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